Mafia Wars Live Recap

For those of you who do not have the time (or the patience) to sit through the Mafia Wars Live Broadcast we have done it for you! So you can hear about all the new features coming to Mafia Wars this week and in the near future. I am not going to post the Question and Answer session. I will just get to the stuff we all want to hear, what’s new, what’s fixed or what’s nerfed or soon to be nerfed. For those of you who would like to view the rebroadcast in its entirety go here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17128666

The first few minutes of the broadcast were plagued with technical issues so they did a little pre record and got it right up for us. 

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First up was a recap of events last week and this week. As we know Cuba reopened and there have been two subsequent Time Sensitive Missions of which Monday 9/12/2011 will be the deadline for Cuba and the Mission: “Out of Time”. So if you have not hit Cuba hard to get that Ruby Mastery or to Capitalize on all the new Cuba loot, now is the time!

Next up was the review of Phobia Crates which are available right now in the Marketplace. If you are a collector the items in the crates are pretty decent stat wise and the artwork is well done. If not save those RP’s for refills or Skill Points which pay better dividends in the long run.

Pun Intended! Mafia Wars is having a Mafia Wars Family Boss Fight Taunt Contest. They are looking for something scary, punny or sadistic to add as the “Taunt” details and entry can be found here: http://blog.mafiawars.com/2011/09/announcing-the-mafia-wars-family-boss-fight-taunt-contest.html

Now to the good stuff or not so good stuff if you already feel overwhelmed by the amount of things to do within Mafia Wars.

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New Crafting Property will be releasing sometime today or tomorrow. The new property will be called “The Hawkeye Sports Bar”. The items that we will be able to craft will include Skill Points. There is a catch. You will be allowed to upgrade this property as much as you can within a week. After which the items you create will be forever at the level you were able to upgrade the property to. I have to say that this seems to be another RP gimmick, with consequences. I do not care for this at all but I will reserve judgment for when it releases and I am able to see how hard it is to upgrade the property. The plan is that each week an within the near future more of these properties will be featured in NY.

Following in line with the push for RP purchases a new Marketplace Rewards Card will soon be available and with every 15th RP purchase you will get 15 skill points. On Friday they will be doing a collectible piece for the Hurricane Irene Victims. The piece will be called the “Rescue Chopper” and all proceeds will go to relief. 

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Coming Next Week and no Specific day or date was given; there will be a new Mission for Brazil entitled “Led Into Gold”. This will be just like the last Mission that led to the Secret District Smuggler’s Haven. “Led Into Gold” will lead into the new Secret District Entitled “Eldorado”. Word is the difficulty will be comparable to Smugglers Haven so stock up on the leveling RP’s to refill for this one. Don’t expect the ratios to be like SH was when it first opened. I can guarantee this one will come pre-nerfed. Last but not least we were left with the prospect of many new exciting things are on the way but they cannot hint at any of it!  Well that’s all from the MW Live Show, thanks for reading! ~BB